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Systems Engineer - Level 3 (Agile Release Train Engineer) - AHT
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-Colorado-Boulder
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. The Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, and Missile Defense Integration Business Unit (BU), Advanced Programs group has an exciting career opportunity for a Systems Engineer – Level 3 (Release Train Engineer (RTE)/Agile Leader) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals . We are working on an autonomous distributed tracking system - Join our high performing software team and come make history with us! The position is located on-site in Boulder, CO. Boulder is nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and only 25 miles from downtown Denver. Position Overview: As a Systems Engineer – Level 3 (Release Train Engineer (RTE)/Agile Leader) you will be developing and sustaining systems using current technologies and others yet to come. The Advanced Programs (AP) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in mathematics. Our team is chartered with providing innovative technologies to develop, design, and produce optimized product lines across multiple customers while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Essential Functions: The selected candidate will be the point of contact for aspects of systems engineering with a focus on managing and leading agile processes for the program. The responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following: • Implement and manage Agile practices for an AP program • Plan, coordinate, lead program increments for an AP program • Manage workflows 1) within teams, 2) between teams, and 3) across work centers using Jira Scrum and Kanban boards • Keep Jira compliant to customer’s requirements of mapping SOW tasks to Jira Epics and stories at each PI boundary and maintain that rhythm within each PI to enable technical progress visibility to customer • Increase throughput by identifying constraints, mitigate dependencies causing bottlenecks, and reducing wait time • Identify opportunities to standardize recurring processes • Schedule and lead formal program increment (PI) planning and backlog review events. Gov. Customer and Internal events. • Experience with managing and pruning backlog – Collab with Tech leaders • Facilitate project leads with time phasing milestones and develop/map epics, features, stories to milestones • Creates Confluence and Jira templates for project leads • Coordinate multiple agile teams to ensure alignment with agile practices • Drive continuous improvement by enhancing processes, removing impediments, and optimizing value delivery • Act as a key liaison between teams and stakeholders to help navigate organizational challenges • Foster a culture of respect and psychological safety to enable collaboration among individuals on the train • Experience with Lean and Scaled Agile Framework approaches • Understand pro